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Notes

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Note

Date

Short Description

Note Text

2979

1880

The Renshaws arrive in Bannockburn.

The Renshaws made their way to Bannockburn where they gained employment on Kawarau Station as shepherds.
The Renshaw brothers may have built or lived in a existing dwelling at Shepherds Creek, on the right bank, some distance below the Kawarau Station Homestead.

2984

1886

Application for land

On 21 Oct 1886, George Renshaw gave notice to the warden at Cromwell that he desired to occupy one acre of land situated at Shepherds Creek, Bannockburn, about half a mile below the Kawarau Station Homestead. This appears to be the site of dwelling #238 which had obviously been extended.

2987

1890

Andrew Ridland's map of Bannockburn shows :

Andrew Ridland's map of Bannockburn shows a mining claim in Pipeclay Gully in the names of King, Renshaw, Tocher. This may be James King, Wiliam Renshaw and James Tocher.
It also shows a claim in Pipeclay Gully in the names of King and Renshaw, which may have been James King and William Renshaw.

2991

1882

The Parcell's Half Way House and store in Happy Valley burnt down.

On 30 May, Mr Parcell's Halfway House and store in Happy Valley (location #292) burnt down. The family were put up for the night at the Kawarau Homestead (dwelling #285).
The following day, the family moved to dwelling #283 where they lived for 6 weeks while William Parcell and his son Henry Clyde (Harry) built their new house in Tucker Gully (Rose Cottage, dwelling #294).
Along with Mr & Mrs Parcell, were their 9 children, Henry Clyde, Alice, Mary (Ellen), Wilhelmina (Mina), William Richard (2), Nesta (David), Louis Frederick, Philip May and John Patrick.
At this time, the Renshaw family had been livoing in dwelling #283 since 1881. It is not clear where they were when the Parcell family moved in. They may have all lived here together for a short time while the Parcell's new house was being built. The family actually moved to the new dwelling before it was finished.

2993

1936

The Rae family left dwelling #283, and Bannockburn.

The Rae family left dwelling #283, and Bannockburn.

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